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. 1990 Jun;93(2):657–661. doi: 10.1104/pp.93.2.657

Purification and Some Properties of a Daucus carota Lectin which Enhances the Activation of Prophenoloxidase by CaCl21

Irene Söderhäll 1, Annika Bergenstråhle 1, Kenneth Söderhäll 1
PMCID: PMC1062566  PMID: 16667519

Abstract

Carrot (Daucus carota) cell cultures were found to secrete a protein, with the molecular weight of 58,000, which could strongly enhance the activation of carrot prophenoloxidase by CaCl2. The protein was isolated from the culture filtrate and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The purified protein did also show hemagglutinating activity toward rat as well as rabbit erythrocytes and this activity was inhibitied by N-acetylglucosamine or fetuin.

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